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Excellent sheep : the miseducation of the American elite and the way to a meaningful life /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Free Press, 2014Edition: First Free Press hardcover editionDescription: 245 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781476702711
  • 1476702713
  • 9781476702728
  • 1476702721
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.73 23
LOC classification:
  • LA227.4 .D74 2014
Other classification:
  • SOC026000 | EDU015000 | EDU040000
  • SOC026000
  • EDU015000
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- pt. 1. Sheep : The students ; The history ; The training ; The institutions -- pt. 2. Self : What is college for? ; Inventing your life ; Leadership -- pt. 3. Schools : Great books ; Spirit guides ; Your guide to the rankings -- pt. 4. Society : Welcome to the club ; The self-overcoming of the hereditary meritocracy.
Summary: "A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite schools should be--but aren't--providing"--
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 378.73 DER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000513212

Introduction -- pt. 1. Sheep : The students ; The history ; The training ; The institutions -- pt. 2. Self : What is college for? ; Inventing your life ; Leadership -- pt. 3. Schools : Great books ; Spirit guides ; Your guide to the rankings -- pt. 4. Society : Welcome to the club ; The self-overcoming of the hereditary meritocracy.

"A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite schools should be--but aren't--providing"--

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